Legal Opinion
Ramsey v. Fox News Network, L.L.C.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided January 6, 2005No. CIV.A.04-F-1464(PAC)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS
FIGA, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
As was stated in another defamation lawsuit based on an underlying situation of intense national interest, albeit one of less tragic dimensions: “Long after the public spotlight has moved on in search of fresh intrigue, the lawyers remain.” Flowers v. Carville, 310 F.3d 1118, 1122 (9th Cir. 2002).
Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was brutally murdered in her home on the night of December 25, 1996 or in the early morning hours of December 26. Her parents, along with her brother Burke, were in the house at the time of the murder. No one has…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Gennifer Flowers v. James Carville Hillary Rodham Clinton Little, Brown & Co. George StephanopoulosCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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